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Crossing lemma for the odd-crossing number

Combinatorics 2022-08-26 v1

Abstract

A graph is 11-planar, if it can be drawn in the plane such that there is at most one crossing on every edge. It is known, that 11-planar graphs have at most 4n84n-8 edges. We prove the following odd-even generalization. If a graph can be drawn in the plane such that every edge is crossed by at most one other edge {\em an odd number of times}, then it is called 1-odd-planar and it has at most 5n95n-9 edges. As a consequence, we improve the constant in the Crossing Lemma for the odd-crossing number, if adjacent edges cross an even number of times. We also give upper bound for the number of edges of kk-odd-planar graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2208.12140,
  title  = {Crossing lemma for the odd-crossing number},
  author = {János Karl and Géza Tóth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12140},
  year   = {2022}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures

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